Nigeria, Aug. 26 -- The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD-West Africa) has raised the alarm over the resurgence and normalisation of military rule in parts of West and Central Africa, warning that recent coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Guinea signal a new wave of sophisticated authoritarianism.

In a statement shared with PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, CDD-West Africa Director Dauda Garuba said these military interventions are not isolated disruptions but present themselves as national corrections, often cloaked in the language of sovereignty, anti-imperial resistance, and Pan-African revivalism.

Mr Garuba, who drew on a background paper, 'Militarism Reloaded: The Rise of Military Populism in Francophone West Africa', said thi...